• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    2510·
    12 hours ago

    Thanks! Unlike a lot of Lemmy users, I have a soft spot for hexbears. I think they had a genuinely traumatic experience when they federated and their very personal instance was inundated with people who didn’t think and talk as they did. I’m glad they’re ok.

    • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
      61·
      3 hours ago

      Ah, I saw a lot of people traumatized by their posting, but it is the first time I hear about the opposite.

      • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        41·
        1 hour ago

        Hexbear is the only place online I’ve found that I feel most comfortable speaking my mind as a neurodivergent queer communist. People act like hexbear is some harsh authoritarian zone, it just simply doesn’t condone chauvinism, transphobia, or let people post western propaganda without it being questioned. Some people react poorly to the way they are responded to on hexbear when they post some bullshit that we’ve heard and debunked 1000 times already.

    • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      86·
      3 hours ago

      they had a genuinely traumatic experience

      Jesus Christ, this is so ridiculous. They federated on their own accord, and from what I’ve seen very little non-hexbear users ever came to post on hexbear communitites. Seeing some new users in your online community who disagree with you isn’t fucking traumatic, in fact these people adore arguing and “dunking” on “libs”.

    • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
      91·
      10 hours ago

      Their community reminds me of that one Something Awful subforum with the same style. I guess hexbear is just a younger demographic